Ready for lift off: exploring restructuring opportunities in outer space

Outer space is being commercialised at a frenetic pace and is throwing up some complex legal questions where distress presents itself as the recent Intelsat, OneWeb and Speedcast international Chapter 11s have shown. Scott Atkins, president of INSOL International and global co-chair of Norton Rose Fulbright’s restructuring group, discusses some of the pressing issues that practitioners could face in the event of an appointment over a private space enterprise.